diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 0d37ba442de344eeb4cfd0ccf742105646600be3..92843fcdc1cfa30b34480884ed653ddb7ce6e3a2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1052,6 +1052,7 @@ enum kvm_apicv_inhibit {
 	APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_X2APIC,
 	APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_BLOCKIRQ,
 	APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_ABSENT,
+	APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_SEV,
 };
 
 struct kvm_arch {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
index a1cf9c31273b7c9176ea0f243a91d3725b28d4f3..421619540ff9d972ee7a441d7404f61fd5e957ba 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
@@ -837,7 +837,8 @@ bool avic_check_apicv_inhibit_reasons(enum kvm_apicv_inhibit reason)
 			  BIT(APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_IRQWIN) |
 			  BIT(APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_PIT_REINJ) |
 			  BIT(APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_X2APIC) |
-			  BIT(APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_BLOCKIRQ);
+			  BIT(APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_BLOCKIRQ) |
+			  BIT(APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_SEV);
 
 	return supported & BIT(reason);
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index c2fe89ecdb2dd860881ffee07df46c663082f8cf..537aaddc852fc420b62bef0c4785bfb7c7b86eec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ static int sev_guest_init(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_sev_cmd *argp)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sev->regions_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sev->mirror_vms);
 
+	kvm_set_apicv_inhibit(kvm, APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_SEV);
+
 	return 0;
 
 e_free: